Fractions
What is an Improper Fraction?
An Improper Fraction
is more than a Whole
or any number greater than 1
that is not a Whole Number.
Five quarters
make up more
than one dollar bill.
Five quarters
of one dollar
can be expressed as the Fraction
5
4
Looking at the Parts
Numerator
(Number of parts you have)
Denominator
(Number of parts in the whole)
5
4
An Imroper Fraction
has a Numerator
that is greater than
its Denominator.